温总理入选“影响美国经济十大人物”

美国广播公司（ABC）昨日公布了其评选出的自2000年以来影响美国经济的十大人物名单，入选的除了现任美国财长盖特纳、前财长保尔森以及联邦储备局主席伯南克等美国人外，中国国务院总理温家宝也榜上有名。对于唯一一位入选的外国人，该公司表示温家宝总理正在为全球经济带来一股强劲的动力，同时指出中国对美国越来越重要，其经济增长未受全球金融危机影响，并已于近期取代德国成为世界第三大经济体。专家表示，温总理的入选进一步表明了中美关系的改善，同时也说明美国意图通过此举促使中国在货币和气候变化等问题上做出妥协。

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Premier Wen Jiabao is the only non-American on a new top-10 list compiled by United States broadcasting giant ABC that names people with the most influence on the US economy.

Premier Wen Jiabao is the only non-American on a new top-10 list compiled by United States broadcasting giant ABC that names people with the most influence on the US economy.

The American Broadcasting Company said Wen's influence was massive, despite the 67-year-old Chinese premier's geographical² distance from the US.

The TV broadcaster said the big 10 are the people who have had the most impact on the world's largest economy since 2000.

Wen was listed behind US regulators Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair and Alan Greenspan. Former AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg also made the list just ahead of Wen.

ABC explained why it included Wen by saying: "Wen Jiabao, the premier of China, is driving a roaring engine."

The article that accompanied the list said China will be increasingly important to the US.

"The world's most populous³ country is quickly rising to the top of the global economic heap, with a growth rate that has barely been touched by recession," the article said. "In fact, China recently overtook Germany to become the world's third-largest economy."

ABC said the 10 people on the list all have either great power or control a vast fortune - or both.

The top 10 list is completed by JPMorgan Chase chairman Jamie Dimon, former Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis and investment guru（古鲁，领袖） Warren Buffett.

Chinese experts said yesterday the fact that Wen made the list was further proof of improved Sino-US ties. They said the US was acknowledging China's rise as an economic power, in part because it wanted to urge Beijing to compromise（妥协，让步） on issues, including currency and climate change.

"Apparently⁴, China's rising economic strength prompted the ABC to vote for Wen," said Fan Ying, a professor of economics at the Beijing-based China Foreign Affairs University. "Wen collected the title on behalf of China."

Fan said China had influenced the US economy because of its massive exports and its significant purchases of Treasury⁵ bonds.

The fact that Americans consumed so many Chinese products expedited（加快，促进） the outflow of labor-intensive industries from the US and changed its industrial landscape, she said.

Beijing is now Washington's largest foreign creditor⁶, holding $800 billion in US government bonds at the end of September.

"Washington has never been in such a dire⁷ need（急需） of Chinese funds," she said.

"It wants Beijing to not massively cut the Treasury holding so the US has sufficient capital to continue doling⁸ out（少量发放） the ailing⁹ financial sector," Fan said.

He Maochun, director of the Research Center of Economy and Diplomacy¹⁰ at Tsinghua University, said Wen is widely believed to be the driving force behind the $586-billion stimulus¹¹ package launched by Beijing a year ago, which has helped keep Chinese economy afloat during the global economic recession.

Wen's inclusion（包含） on the list was welcomed by many Chinese.

"This shows the Chinese economy carries a great deal of weight," a netizen（网民） named "dongxue" said on 163.com, a major online news site.

But experts warned that the US might be expecting Beijing to shoulder more responsibility for global finances.